Lincoln County leader., December 13, 1912, Image 2

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PRIEST'S GHOST STORY
BEGAN WITH THRILLS, BUT
ENDED VERY TAMELY.
All the Material for Really Excellent
Experience With Spirits Seemed
to Be There Until the Touch of
. Materialism Developed.
Doctor Walsh, lecturer and nerre
specialist, tells the following story
In one of his series of talks on ghosts,
dreams, premonitions. After this tale
it will he unnecessary to say that the
doctor has never seen a ghost himself.
An old clergyman dwelling alone
with his housekeeper and her sister
In a rather lonely part of a little coun
try town was awakened late one night
by a loud ring at his front doorbell.
In a moment the priest was out of bed
and preparing to-go on what he ex
pected was a sick call summons.
I Again very shortly came another
ring at the bell. Surprised that the
housekeeper, who slept on the ground
Boor, had not answered the door he
(went out into the hall and down the
stairs. There standing at the open
door was the housekeeper and her sis
ter looking out into empty space. The
jtwo astonished women turned to him.
"There is no one there, father!"
they exclaimed.
"When it rang first I went to the
door and found no one," went on the
elder, "then when it rang again we
were both near the door and opened
It Immediately and there was nothing
laround."
As they were speaking the bell rang
'again and the women in alarm clung
- to each other. Boldly the priest
opened the door still no one In sight
! It was a clear starlight night and
'the house stood In an empty space.
f Very cautiously be explored every por
tlon of the grounds, piazza and house,
but not even a footprint could he find.
As he was entering the door after his
search the bell rang again, and as he
was in full view of the bell he was
(forced to admit that no visible human
agency rang it He had great dif
ficulty calming the frightened women
and returned to his room in a puzzled
frame of mind. Just before getting
Into bed he glanced at his watch and
saw that It was 2 o'clock.
The next day he learned with great
sorrow and also with some uneasiness
that the vicar of the neighboring town,
who was a lifelong friend of his and
f whose illness he had not heard, had
idled at 2 o'clock the night before.
After that no mysterious doorbell
Stagings were heard until the night of
the day of the vicar's funeral Wear
ed out with grief and the funeral, the
old priest had retired early and was
sleeping soundly when he was awak
ened by knocks at his door and the
voice of his frightened housekeeper.
"Father! Father!" she was crying.
""Didn't you hear the doorbell rlngT
We've gone to the door and there's no
one there! Tbo house must be
. taunted. Tomorrow the first thing In
jthe morning we will leave."
Cutting still the woman's crying
(came another ring at the bell. Quick
ly the priest was up and down stairs,
looking at his watch on the way down.
It was 2 o'clock. As he opened the
door clear and shrill the bell clanged
out again.
"So the bell rings itself, does itr he
mused after a good look around. "Well,
then, the trouble must be in the bell."
Late as It was he went to work pry
ling the bell from the door and found
(the ghost! A family jf mice had
built a snug little nest for themselves
there and their entrances and exits
bad been the cause of the bell's ring
ing. The late hours they kept was
no doubt due to thet natural timidity.
Teach Australian Boys to Farm.
Australia has established a train
ing school for boys who wish to be-
I come expert farmers, but who lack
Ithe means to obtain proper Instruc-
itlon.
j ' Begin Early to Train Children.
It is habit alone that creates obedl
;ence in the child, and for the child, and
i If It is not formed early, nothing but
I hard, bitter "warfare" can ever pro
Imote It in its being. System is one
of the noblest laws in evidence. It Is
the great "under study" for universal
i peace.
1 Some Loss.
"Did you lose much in that bank
failure, Jim?" asked Hawkins. "I
should say I did," said Slabsldes. "I
had an overdraft of a hundred and
sixty dollars in that bank, and seat
ihow I had to hustle to make good!"
Harper s Weekly.
And 8o Many Do It
A campaign year is a time of hap
jplness for the man who likes to get
at the extreme outer edge of the
crowd and yell "Louder I" Denver
Republican.
Here's Luck.
"Well, Jones, did you have any
jluck on your, hunting trlpT" "Simply
wretched; didn't kill a thing. I'm sor-
lry I didn't go motoring Instead."
MAKE SERVICEABLE FISH ROD
By Using Four Pieces of Hickory and
Following Directions Good Pole
May be Made.
Here is the way to make a food
serviceable fish pole, says the Ameri
can Boy. Get four pieces of hickory
or any hard wood and trim them
nicely to even length, say two feet
Each of the sections Is now given a
uniform taper, with lack knife and
sandpaper. The diagram, fig. 6, shows
the proper scale to follow In shaving
off the wood. In its eight feet of
length the pole tapers from one Inch
in diameter to one-eighth inch. The
figures In the diagram represent the
amount you would cut off provided the
pole measured feet instead of inches.
The Joints are fastened together In'
quite a new way. Cut them to a
sharp point Now dip them in thin
glue, press firmly together and wrap
outside of both with heavy cord. Any
good grade of fish line will do, silk
preferred. . Figs. 2 and 3 explain this
outside wrapping. The guides for the
Parts of Fish Pole.
line to run through are shown , In Figs.
4 and 6. Fig. 6 Is the end of the
pole. It is a wire loop laBhed tightly
to the pole. Fig. 4 is a piece of wire
put in at each Joint and held there
by the same wrapping that holds the
Joints together. The outside of the
pole should be smoothed with fine
sandpaper and then rubbed with oiL
Though the cost of the pole Is next
to nothing, you will find it tough and
reliable.
SEVERE ON GIRLS IN PERSIA
From Hour of Birth Social Inequality
Between Sexes Asserts Itself
Celibacy a Disgrace.
The birth of a girl in Persia is re
ceived with pity, even by her mother.
"Why should I not weep over my lit
tle girl, who will have to endure the
same miseries as I have known?" she
cries. "She is of so little value! Who
knows whether her father will not one
day throw her out of the window and
so silence forever her walling? And
why should he be annoyed? He knows
he may do such a thing with Impunity,
No one cares any more than if It was
a cat which had to suffer for his
wrath."
From the hour of birth the social
inequality between the sexes asserts
itself. Infant mortality is very high.
owing to the Ignorance and inexperi
ence of the women. Since celibacy
is considered a disgrace, girls are of
ten married as young as ten or twelve.
In order to reduce the rate of Infant
mortality some men have suggested
that the mother should have a finger
cut off every time she lost a child.
This cruelty, however, has not been
adopted. But that it should have en
tered Into the minds of any Persian
men is significant enough. Je Sals
Tout
MAKING A BASEBALL CURVE
Collapsible Vacuum Cup, Formed of
Rubber, Is Designed to Aid the
Budding Pitcher.
The little device shown In the illus
tration is. designed to help the bud
ding baseball pitcher to curve the
ball. It consists of a vacuum cup
formed of rubber, designed to collapse
Baseball Curver.
to a greater or less extent under the
pressure of the finger, according to
the amount of curve desired., It is
slipped over the forefinger of the
pitching hand.
The Mammoth 8neeze.
Here is a game that furnishes lots
of fun for a company of Jolly girls
and boys. Divide the company into
three divisions of five or six people
each. The persons In the first divi
sion are to say, when the signal Is
given, "HIsh," emphasizing the first
"h." The second division must say
"Ash;" while the third division should
say "Osh." The leader counts "One,
two, three," and at the last word the
three divisions shout their syllables
with all the force they can muster.
The result is very funny. Just try it
ir-
ft J i : ! j .
THE NEWS FROM HOME
DOES ANY MAN OUTLIVE THE
PLEA8URE IT GIVES HIMT
homely Message Makes an Appeal
to the Most Imaginative of Us,
Though We May Have Wan
dered Far.
No matter how highly cultivated
your taste in literature may be nor
how exalted the position In life to
which you have attained, the letter
from home, with its bits of "news"
written by mother, makes an appeal to
you that no other written or printed
words can make. No matter how
beautiful or splendid your city en
vironment may be, your mother's wish
Is your own when she writes:
"I have been frying doughnuts this
morning and I wish that you were
here to get some of them.
'We butchered yesterday, but did
not kill the six or seven big hogs we
used to kill when you children were
all at home. We killed only one yester
day and he weighed 298 pounds
dressed. We sent some of the spare
ribs around to the neighbors.
"I made up my mincemeat for
Thanksgiving last week, and hope you
tflll be here to get one of my turnovers
that you used to like so well. Some
how, my mincemeat does not seem
to taste so good as usual, but maybe
It will be all right when it has stood
a little while.
'Luclna Green, one of your first
sweethearts, has a new pair of twin
boys. With eight already, and her
husband poor as Job's turkey, some
think they didn't really need the
twins.
'Your father got his barrel of cider
home from the mill yesterday. He
thinks It the best he has ever had. It
seems uncommon clear and sweet
We wish you were here to get some
of it.
"Cy Slimm, who used to go to school
with you, has parted from his wife.
They call It that one is about as much
to blame as the other. They never
did hit it off very well from the start
Cys wife's sister is also getting a
divorce, so it runs in the family. It is
no way to do.
"Bud Tansy, who is Just three days
and four hours older than you, fell
from the loft of his barn the other da"
and broke two of his right ribs. Thf
say that his language was awful, ar
there is some talk of having him
brought before the church, for some
things he said. The Tansys always
was noted for their profane swearing.
Clem Long has a fine new buggy
and a high-stepping little nag to go
with it All the girls are disposed to
be good friends with Clem now. He
took Susie Beane out for a ride Sun
day afternoon and her mother is pass
ing It out that SuBle can keep on rid
ing permanent In the buggy if she
wants to, but we all know Hannah
Beane.
"The " spotted calf you admired so
much the last time you was at home is
now quite a cow and I think of you
every time I look at her. She gives
more milk than any other young cow
we ever had and she Is going to be a
fine butter maker. A man with one
of these snapshot photograph things
come along the other day and took a
picture of her and your father which
I will send you, although your father
has on only his everyday clothes. All
well with us and hope these few HneB
will find you the same." Judge.
Origin of Popular Saying.
The origin of the saying that It
takes nine tailors to make a man Is
thought by some to be a corruption nf
"nine tellers make a man," the "tel-
lers" being another name for "tolls"
of a bell. The EnellBh custom was tn
strike three times three tolls or "tel
lers" on the passing bell for the death
of a man. It was three times two for
a woman.
Foxy Artist
The friend had dropped In to see
D'Auber, the great painter, put the fln-i
lshlng touches on his latest painting.1
He was mystified, however, when
D'Auber took some raw meat and
rubbed It vigorously over the painted
rabbit in the foreground. "Why on
earth did you do that?" he asked.
"Why, you see," explained D'Auber,
"Miss Millions la coming to see this
picture today. When she sees her pet
poodle smell that rabbit and get ex
cited over it she'll buy it on the spot."
Ladies' Home Journal.
Why He Hesitated.
"Why didn't you go to the assistance
of the defendant In the fight!" asked
the Judge of a policeman. "Shure," was
the answer, "an' 01 didn't know which
av them was goln' to be th' defend
ant yer honor."
- Would Be More Important '
A scientist declares that the speed
mania has converted a great many au
tomobillsts into nervous wrecks. We
would like to have him diagnose the
case of the man who has to dodge
them. New York Herald.
PUTTING IT RATHER BLUNTLY
Marital Philosophy Coarsely Express-
ed, Yet Conveyed a 8ubtle Sense
of Meaning
"Harry." she said, and there were
what a novelist would call tears In her
voice as she spike, "I don't believe
you love me any longer." .
Dora." he reDlied. "don't be fool-
ish."
"There!" she exclaimed. "There's
evidence of the truth of what I said.
Don't he foolUsh! Did you ever speak
to me in that way before we were
married?" .
"No my dear I did not" head-
mitted.
"Then," she said, renroaehinelv.
"my slightest wish was law: theri you
.never sat around like a, dummy smok
ing a cigar and reading a paper when
J waa In the room;, then you seemed
anxious to please me, and were ever
on me watch to do some little favor
for me."
'It is true," he admitted.
"You were never lazv then." she
iwent on. "You were full of life and
spirits ; you were energetic."
yulte true," Le said.
"If you loved me now as much as
you did then." she neriitflteil "vnn
would strive as much as ever."
My dear." he caid In that calm, dls-
passionate tone thai makes the aver
age wne want to get a poker or a
oroom, did you eyer see a boy trying
to get an aDole or a near that was a
little out of his reach?"
Certainly," she answered; "but
"He keeDS lumninz and Inmnlnar un
til he gets it, doesn't he?"
or course."
"But does he continue lumDlnar niter
he has got it?"
"Certainly not There's no need of
It"
"Well " he said, as he turned to hla
paper again, "you're my apple; and I
don't Bee any reason why I should
keep on Jumping any more than the
boy."
She didn't say anvthlne: but she
thought and thought, and the more
sne thought the more undecided she
Decame whether she ousht to be an
gry or not
Lucky Error.
"Printers' errors are usually annoy
ing, but a printer's error saved the
Ufa of my best friend." The speaker
oemo Hamilton, the English
who Is in New York. He con-
d:
Horace Hamfat is an actor. Rich
oday, he was poor and a failure ud
to the age of forty. His life up to
that age was passed In the provinces on
two or three quid a week. A quid, by the
way. is 85. Well, one Saturday In
Manchester, Horace Hamfat's show
went up, the manaKer fled and Horace
for three days lived on bread and
dripping. Then a letter came to him
from a London admirer, inclosing $50.
"The admirer forwarded, also, an
Item from a theatrical Dace that Hor
ace himself haT , written 'Horace
Hamrat is starring In Manchester.'
But the typesetter had made this Item
read, truly enough:
'Horace Hamfat is starving in
Manchester.'"
Rello of Cider Barrel Camnaian.
' A relic of the "cider barrel" cam
paign of William Henry Harrison, in
I 4 A i A I m m m .
xatv, is ownea oy o. M. linger, 2219
North Pennsylvania street A cam
paign medal, worn for many years by
Henry M. Ward, a veteran of the Civil
war, has been presented to Mr. Unger,
who will give It to one of his sons,
whose grandfather, on Mrs. Unger's
side of the family, was James T. Har
rison of Virginia, related to W. H.
Harrison and Benjamin Harrison. The
medal shows a profile of W. H. Har
rison on one side and the legend,
"Major General W. H. Harrison;
born February 9, 1773." The other
side shows an old log cabin, at the'
side of which stands a cider barrel.
On that side of the medal are the
words: "The People's Choice in the
Year 1840." Indianapolis News.
Senses of Plants.
, The sense most developed In plants
is that of sight, which enables them to
see light but not to distinguish objects.
This sense limitation Is found among
taany living creatures, such as the
earthworm, oyster, and coral, etc.,
which possess no localized visual or
gan, but give proof of their luminous
Impressions by the contractions that
they manifest when exposed to a ray
of sunshine. . Similarly, it ic easy to
gauge the Influence of light on plants.
Cultivate a plant In a room with a
window only on one side and Its stalks
in growing will Incline toward the
source of light Physiologists explain
this by suggesting that the side to the
dark grows more quickly than that ex
posed to the light There remains,
however, the facf that the plant has
reacted to the light of whose effect it
was conscious. )
A sense common to many plants is
that of touch. Of this the most illus
trative example is, as Its name im
plies, the sensitive plant Another
leaf, responsive to the touch, Is the
catch-fly, whose two halves close down
one upon the other by means of a
(Central hinge. Harper's Weekly.
FIND RELIEF IN CONFESSION
"Making a Clean Breast of It" Ha
' Saved Many a Man and Woman
From Insanity.
The relief of making "a clean breast
of it!" Who of us is there who has
not experienced It? If we have done
something which we consider shame-
ful or degrading or horrible we find
that we are suffering untU we can tell
It all to some one else, comments a'
magazine writer. The murderer, to
take an extreme instance, is harrowed
and crazed by his crime (in many
cases) until he has confessed - all,
whereupon he finds a measure of relief
and Is more ready to meet his doom.
It is with the mind, as with the body;
if you take a poison into your body
you suffer until the poison is drained,
off; if you take a polBon into your
mind you suffer until It is extirpated.
Or to put It differently; a physical
wound refuses to heal until the poison
is cleaned out and the longer you wait;
the worse the poison becomes, until'
possibly, it threatens your life. It la
just so with the wounds of the mind.;
and In extreme cases, where there is
no relief, the 'poison' becomes so bad
that It endangers the reason, leads to
Insanity.
Some of the insane are merely suf
fering from some terrible experience,
some shock, some emotional Impact,
which they never shared with others;
which they locked up in their breasts;
which grew steadily .worse until it
transformed their whole nature. Why
Is it that so often a man living alone
in some shack out on the prairie, or
some woman alone in a farmhouse, be-
comes insane? It la simply because
there Is no outlet for the emotions,
for the shocks and worries, the fears
and terrors, "no one to teU it to."
A curious fact Is that we are trou
bled not so much by the things we
"remember" as by the things we have
"forgotten," the things stowed care
fully away, in the unconscious part of
the mind. We go through some
shameful experience which we feel is
too distasteful, too degrading, to tell
any one else, we try to forget it; we
succeed; In time. But there It is, un
derneath, like hidden poison, working
on us whenever It gets a chance, try
ing always to break through, to come
Jnto the light.
"But insanity, after all, is not al
ways the outcome; bad nerves, neuras-'
thenla, unrest, unhappiness, are the
more common finalities. We see all
about us people who are leading
maimed and crippled . lives, quarrel
some, bitter, dejected, nervously in a
flutter. The trcuble with many of
them is that they have never had com
plete expression for their painful ex
periences; they arer chock-full of the
mental poison of tht past
Give Credit to Suspenders.
"Notice what a difference the first
nip of cool weather makes in the car
riage of most men?" a prominent phy
sician asked the other day.- "See how
their shoulders are thrown back, their
chins thrust forward and the general
elasticity of their step?" "Yes, I've
noticed it," his companion replied.
"Cold weather certainly braces a man
up." "You are right there," the doc
tor replied, "but there is something
that plays a more Important part than
the mere fact that the air is cold.
What? Suspenders? Yes, sir! Soon
as the weather gets cool a man wears
a vest That means that he lays his
belt aside and resorts to suspenders.
No man can walk erect and with that
air of alterness without them. The rea
son is simple. The natural way to
walk is with the chest thrown out and
the allowance drawn In. When a man
wears a belt he cannot do that because
his trousers will slink down and he
will be very uncomfortable generally.
When his trousers are suspended from
his shoulders he can walk naturally."
Market for Broken Glass.
Broken glass has a market. Some
of It is ground in fine, powder-like
particles and used for various pur
poses. At other times it is remelted
and made into new glass objects.
Proved Power of Logic.
The Professor of Logic (to himself)
"I laid my hat somewhere in thla
room. Nobody has come in since I'vo
been here. I can't see it anywhere.
Therefore' putting his hand beneath
him "I am sitting on it. Another
proof of the irresistible power of
logic."
No Chance for Him.
Mr. Lobstock "Yo' wife and yo'
gets along fine togedder, 'peahs to
me, Brudder Shindig." Mr. Shindig
"Yessah! She kin yell louder'n I kin.
to save muh life; and dar ain't no fun
uh-quah-lln' wld a pusson dat kin out
holler yo'."
8he Knew Better. -Maud
"Jack seems to be an easy
going fellow." Ethel "Easy-going!
You never had him call on you eve
nings; one can never get him to go."-
The Crux.
She "Do you believe a man knows
when he is in love?" He "Yes; and.
he doesn't know anything else."
Judge-